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Opportunity Title

GOFBCI: Summer Meals Program Service RFP

Opportunity Description

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services’ (ODJFS) announces the release of Request for Proposals (RFP) number JFSR1617218112 on behalf of the Governor’s Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (GOFBCI) for the purpose of competitively selecting one qualified non-profit organization to provide program administration services, including food and delivery service coordination, for GOFBCI’s multi-pronged Summer Meals Program. This initiative consists of three separate programs - the Summer Rural Delivery Meals Program, the Summer Weekend Meals Program, and the Mobile Farmers’ Markets Program – that are designed to combat childhood hunger and food insecurity in Ohio by increasing the amounts of food available for children in the summer months. The organization selected through this RFP process will be responsible for administering the three programs for providing food to school children during the summer months of calendar year 2016. The selected organization must procure, package, and distribute shelf-stable meals that meet United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Daily Nutritional Recommendations and that are suitable for children’s tastes. Use of subcontractors for elements of the work described in this RFP is permissible. Collaborations and partnerships that yield in-kind donations, discounts on purchases, reductions in service expenses, or any other cost-savings measures that result in the greatest possible percentage of program funds b